Studies of "medicalization of deviance" have focused on the redefinition of behaviors as medical problems and the shift in agencies seen as having responsibility for control. This study focuses on the tendency for probation work to be defined in this medicalized way, as reflected in the types of articles published in a major journal in the field.…

When one analyzes the kinds of behaviors that constitute hyperactivity and who is afflicted by hyperactivity, these behaviors can be seen to reflect a social rather than a medical problem. (Author/AM)

This study related components of gender inappropriateness that isolate target persons from sources of reward and hence function as social controls against such deviance. The study confirmed that a significant portion of negative responsiveness toward homosexuals results from the belief that their behavior is incongruent with their anatomical sex.…

In this paper, the history and objectives of the Council on Suicide Prevention are discussed, together with a brief summary of a survey of Toronto Social Service agencies having contact with suicidal persons. (Author)

The main thrust of the work is to explain how it is that the definition and volume of deviance can change in a particular social system independent of the actions of the deviants within the system. (Author/AM)

Using arrest statistics, self-reports and boarding school data, it was found that Indian vs non-Indian differences were greatest for alcohol-related offenses; such differences reflected real behavioral differences; and significant tribal variations in rule-violations paralleling tribal variations of drinking arrests noted for adults in a study of…

This paper should not be interpreted as stating that T.V. violence can not cause aggression; rather, it argues that no such link has been demonstrated to date. Further, it questions the applicability of laboratory experimentation for this policy related issue. (Author/AM)

Discusses issues such as separation from the natal home, peer group formation, antisocial behavior, maladjustment, preparation for productive roles, and preparation for reproductive roles. (Author)

In the summer of 1976, a survey was made of perceptions of crime, violence and vandalism in those school districts in the United States with the largest enrollments, and in a randomly selected group of school districts in northern Illinois. Discusses the responses secured from 121 school officials in the largest districts and from 73 in the small…

Discusses research on media violence and antisocial behavior. Provides quantitative estimates for predicting: (1) adult antisocial behavior from childhood antisocial behavior; (2) current antisocial behavior from current exposure to media violence; (3) subsequent antisocial behavior from earlier exposure to media violence; and (4) how social…

Questionnaire responses from upper-status junior and senior high school students show the importance of perceived parental pressure in understanding adolescent self-esteem and deviant behavior. Adolescents who feel unduly pressured to achieve in school are likely to report low self-esteem, deviant activity, and feelings of inability to reach goals…

A modified Social Performance Survey Schedule was completed by teachers of 534 learning disabled (LD) or socially normal (SN) subjects (ages 8-15). SN subjects were perceived as having significantly more prosocial and significantly less antisocial behavior than LD subjects. Females were perceived as having more prosocial behavior than males.…

A sample of 951 children was assessed at age 7 to examine the prevalence, nature, and stability of behavior problems. About 30 percent of the sample were identified by parent and/or teacher as having a high level of problem behavior. Most reported (especially among boys) was antisocial behavior. (RH)

Reviews nature of criminal activity in libraries in context of two criminological theoretical groupings: psychological theories (encompasses criminological attention to individual psychological traits), and sociological theories (examines ways in which societies are structured and how structures might generate crime). Some strategies of prevention…

Although it is perfectly responsible and permissible for scientists to disagree in interpretations about the meaning of a body of data, to suppress or cover up harmful effects data is highly unethical, irresponsible, and contrary to most canons of the scientific community. (Author/RK)